Get ready for an exciting baseball journey, folks! In a mere month, the sound of mitts cracking and players boasting about their peak fitness will signal the start of spring training. It's a time when the hopes and dreams of baseball fans everywhere are reignited.
But here's the catch: we've still got some time to kill until then. Luckily, there's plenty to keep us Certified Baseball Sickos entertained. Four of the top five and six of the top 10 players on Ben Clemens' Top 50 Free Agents list are still unsigned, including former Astros teammates Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman, and Framber Valdez. And if that's not enough, the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame election results will be announced on January 20th, with Jay Jaffe providing his expert analysis as always.
Today, we'll delve into the world of baseball's best pitchers who never received a Hall of Fame vote. We've also got some great insights from Michael Baumann on Chandler Simpson, Davy Andrews on the skill of inducing popups, and Dan Szymborski on players with the widest variance in ZiPS projections.
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